Scope of Training:
OSHA’s mission is to assure the safety and health
of America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards,
providing training, outreach, education, establishing partnerships,
and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety
and health.
Course Objective:
Topics covered include the following:
- Introduction to OSHA
- Fall protection
- Electrical
- Personal protective and lifesaving equipment
- Health hazards in construction (including hazard communication)
- Stairways, ladders, and scaffolds
- Fire protection and prevention
- Materials handling, storage, use, and disposal
- Tools - hand and power
- Welding and cutting
- Cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors
- Motor vehicles, mechanized equipment, marine operations, and powered industrial vehicles
- Excavations
- Concrete and masonry construction
- Steel erection
- Confined space entry
